You have to be aware that the environment that cron fires up is not the same that you get when you log on. There could be differences in the PATH and other variables that mean this doesn't work. Perhaps you could schedule a script that does the following:-
Code:
env > /tmp/my.cron.env
set > /tmp/my.cron.set
If you can also do this on the command line:
Code:
env > /tmp/my.login.env
set > /tmp/my.login.set
... then you can compare the two and see what you need to add to your scheduled script to make the environments the same.
There are already numerous threads with similar issues, so we're all fallen over then at some point. Hopefully the other threads will also have more advice that will get you sorted out.
hi,
I have a script that will automatically login into a server and get a file. it is working fine if i run it on a command line. however, when i tried to run it as a cron job, it is not working. what should i do?
set timeout -1
spawn /usr/bin/sftp user1@server1
match_max 100000
expect... (3 Replies)
I created a file in /u01/oradata directory as cronjb.ksh which contains following script
30 12 * * * /export/home/oracle/u01/oradata/rman.ksh
'/export/home/oracle' is my root directory. I then moved cronjb.ksh file to my '/export/home/oracle' directory. i typed crontab cronjb.ksh. However my... (8 Replies)
I am trying to schedule a job via cronjob. Not sure what the problem is. below is my script and the error.
45 10 * * * /u01/app/oracle/jpark/sched_exp_mis.sh
Error received.
Your "cron" job on tama
/u01/app/oracle/jpark/sched_exp_mis.sh
produced the following output:
... (19 Replies)
Hi All , I have a cron jobs
that is not working while put inside cron.
But on executing from manually, it works fine,
Pl anyone find if there is anything wrong in the script.
30 22 * * 1-5 cd /home/ab90737/introscope/util/bin; ./batchgenerateReport.pl ../config/reps.config >... (1 Reply)
Hi there
I have a cronjob running on a sol 10 U6 server which runs every 15 minutes. The cronjob is a perl script. But I have noticed that after every few weeks the job stops running all of a sudden. There are other cronjobs running on the system from the same user and from other users which... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to execute a python script from a user's crontab.
/home/user1/UDE/scripts/UdeManager.py
I am at /home/user1.
If I run the command "/home/user1UDE/scripts/UdeManager.py" from the users home directory its working fine.
But when I try to run from user's cron tab its... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
While loop is not working when running script as cronjob.
#!/usr/bin/bash
xyz
sleep 30
var=0
while
do
xyz commands
done
This script is working if I run it manually. (7 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to run a script through crontab but it doesn't run. The script sends an email of the logfile created.When I reun through command line it works perfectly but doesn't send any email through cron. There are othe jobs in cron wich runs perfectly.
Please let me know if I am doing... (3 Replies)
I have a shell script that I have scheduled using cron using a command:
0 10 * * * /directory/Script.sh > /directory/log/output.log
The script is scheduled to run at 10 AM everyday. The script executes but produces output files only with headers, no content is there.
The script produces... (11 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone help me on my PHP cron not working, but when i do the manual it work.
# manual run working
/usr/local/bin/php /root/dev/test.php
# crontab not working
55 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/php /root/dev/test.php
Thank in advances
Regards,
FSPalero
Please use CODE tags as... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
cron
cron(8) System Manager's Manual cron(8)NAME
cron - The system clock daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/cron
DESCRIPTION
The cron daemon runs shell commands at specified dates and times. Commands that are to run according to a regular or periodic schedule are
found within the crontab files. Commands that are to run once only are found within the at files. You submit crontab and at file entries
by using the crontab and at commands. Because the cron process exits only when killed or when the system stops, only one cron daemon
should exist on the system at any given time. Normally, you start the cron daemon from within a run command file.
During process initialization and when cron detects a change, it examines the crontab and at files. This strategy reduces the overhead of
checking for new or changed files at regularly scheduled intervals. The cron command creates a log of its activities. The cron daemon
must be started from the system startup scripts because it must begin execution without a login user ID set. The cron daemon starts each
job with the following process attributes stored with the job by the invoking process: Login user ID Effective and real user IDs Effective
and real group IDs Supplementary groups
It also establishes the following attributes from the authentication profile of the account associated with the login user ID of the invok-
ing process: Audit control and disposition masks Kernel authorizations
DIAGNOSTICS
The at and batch programs will refuse to accept jobs submitted from processes whose login user ID is different from the real user ID.
FILES
Specifies the command path. Main cron directory Directory containing the crontab files. List of allowed users. List of denied users His-
tory information for cron Queue description file for at, batch, and cron
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: at(1), crontab(1), rc0(8), rc2(8), rc3(8)
Files: queuedefs(4) delim off
cron(8)